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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It also contained significantly more information regarding immigration data. The Tánaiste stated that 12 separate legislative proposals have been made as part of Brexit contingency planning, addressing areas such as aviation, road freight connectivity, fishing authorisation and so on. Does the Bill provide the whole story or are there significant areas which are yet to be addressed? I...

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...its European Communities Act 1972. As I understand it, the UK is also planning a withdrawal and implementation Bill following any agreement with the European Union. The so-called backstop agreement states that "in the absence of agreed solutions, the United Kingdom will maintain full alignment" with the Single Market to protect and maintain the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The UK Cabinet...

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Tommy Broughan: ...and so on. Once the agreement is in place, will there be a similar system to the Canadian one? Will there be constant interaction between all the stakeholders, including the American customs and immigration service so that we can review any issues, not after five years but over the months, and see how this is operating in Shannon over the next couple of years as well as in terminal 2 in...

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Tommy Broughan: ...will be the immediate impact of the operation of the facilities on staffing levels in Shannon and Dublin Airport? Will most of the staff involved in the preclearance facilities be US Customs and Immigration Service officials? How many preclearance officers and related support staff will now be relocated to Dublin and Shannon Airports? I appreciate that there will be an economic spin-off...

EU-Australia Agreement: Motion (25 Jun 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ...refers to Australian legislation. I and Deputy Durkan, therefore, had approximately one hour to prepare for this debate. This is shameful treatment of the Opposition. I admit the Minister of State informed me last night at approximately 6.30 p.m. that the matter was arising today. However, the late announcement of the agenda seems a churlish way to treat the Opposition. What is even...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ..., I welcome that the Irish people have the right to exercise their democratic right to vote on this treaty. It is extremely regrettable that none of our fellow citizens in any other EU member states will have the chance to do this. It was disappointing and rather perplexing that one of our most celebrated aviation entrepreneurs recently admitted that he simply could not understand the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...leader in the short-haul market. We had the best of all possible worlds as a result of this effective competition between a competitive private enterprise company and a highly motivated State company. It does not follow in any way that the development of an ESOP will mean we are committed to a route of privatisation. Moreover, the workers in Bord Gáis Éireann would be bitterly opposed...

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he had with Irish emigrant groups in the United States over the St. Patrick's Day period; if he has raised with US political leaders proposed new anti-immigration legislation that would have potentially disastrous consequences for tens of thousands of undocumented Irish living in America; the response he received; and if he...